Thanksgiving, Christmas, B-day...you name it...

So, things have been very busy lately, and I finally sort of have time to catch up. We'll start with Thanksgiving....we went to my Dad's house this year. Davie and I had to figure out how to cook a turkey because my family was so busy with work and stuff the night before and Stephen even had to work on thanksgiving. Luckily the turkey turned out really good, the potatoes, not so much. I starting boiling them too late and they were kinda gross. In the middle of dinner an old family friend called, this girl used to live down the street from us and was like my little sister, we hadn't heard from her in years. She and her family came over and visited with us, it was so good to see them, I've been wondering about her for years and how she was doing. We got to hang out with Davie's family after thanksgiving for a couple days and get some Christmas shopping done.

Just a cute picture of Davie and Natey a couple days before Thanksgiving.

We found Johnny in the dogs cage at my Dad's house on Thanksgiving, we don't know why he thought to get in instead of just letting the dog get out.

We weren't home much in December this year, Davie is just focusing on school so he didn't have to work over the holiday break. As soon as he finished his last final we headed down to Salt Lake for some family stuff. Davie's mom took me to Forgotten Carols for my birthday, it was so fun, I haven't been in a few years and it's changed a little bit, but I still love it. It was fun to hang out with her and just talk to a Mom about things, she's a great mother in law, I love her so much. On my birthday Davie got me up early and suprised me with some of my favorite perfume, then told me to get ready because he had plans for us for the day. We went out for lunch at Tucono's, it was so good, that place has some of the best food I've ever had. Then Davie let me shop for a new winter coat and some "fugly" boots. (That's what Davie calls the cute boots that girls wear these days, he hates them.) We went back to Davie's parents house where his mom made an awesome mexican dinner for my birthday. We drove around with his family that evening and looked at Christmas lights, and then headed back to their house for ice cream cake. It was such a fun birthday, I had tons of fun hanging out with my husband, he's usually not good at keeping secrets but I was totally suprised this year, which was way fun.

While we were in Salt Lake I also spent a ton of time working on a Christmas present for Johnny. I got the idea from a craft blog I like to make a quiet book, I'm not a very good or experienced sewer but I thought it looked simple enough. This project was WAY harder than I thought it would be, but I am so glad I did it. I learned a lot about sewing and feel much more confidant about it. Thank you so much everyone that helped me and taught me things I didn't know! Especially Gail, Kaycie, and Michelle, and everyone who helped watch my boys while I made it. I messed up some things, but for the most part it turned out pretty cool, and Johnny actually likes it, I was so worried about him liking it the whole time I was making it.

Before Christmas we headed back home to Logan for a few days to get a few things we'd need and to finish up some Christmas stuff. While we were home it snowed a lot and Johnny and Davie spent some fun time in the snow. Johnny loves it this year, he always wants to go play outside.

Johnny all ready to head out and play.

Fun father and son time, they were trying to make a snowman.
He was so excited, look at that cute face!

They had a snowball fight and Johnny would laugh really hard each time he got hit.

We spent the rest of December in Salt Lake and Clinton. On Christmas Eve we went to the Nutcracker with Davie's family, I'm starting to like the tradition. It was fun to see all of Davie's dad's side of the family, they all came too. That afternoon we headed up to my dad's and Emily and I rushed to make Christmas Eve dinner. Emily cooked a ham for the first time and it turned out great. Ben and Charity came for Christmas too, so our kids had their cousins to play with. Christmas Eve was crazy! After dinner we had to hurry and wrap gifts, then we read the Christmas story and tried to get the kids to bed. Ben's kids went down so quick so that Santa could come, but Johnny fought it, until 5 in the morning! It was awful, the kid did not care, he just wouldn't sleep. It was a long night! Luckily the kids all slept til about nine christmas morning, so I was able to get a couple hours of sleep. It was so fun to see how excited the kids were when they woke up, and Johnny actually got into it this year. Christmas day was lots of fun, we just opened presents and relaxed and watched movies all day.

The kids hanging out in their new PJ's they got on Christmas Eve.

Charity and Natey, I love Natey's new PJ's, they have a dinosaur on the bum!
Ben relaxing under the blanket Emily made for Nate. Isn't it awesome? She did such a good job.
Emily and I got matching pajamas! My camera keeps going blurry.

Look how cute that boy is, he loves snuggling!
The kids all opened their stockings in on the big bed in the master bedroom, Johnny was very excited about the candy.
I also made this chew toy for Natey for Christmas, he seems to like it.
Johnny thought it was his job to hand out presents to everyone, it took us a while to get him to come open his own gifts.
The kids must have been good last year, look at all the stuff Santa brought.
Stephen and Emily helped Natey open his gifts, he really likes wrapping paper.
Johnny finally got excited about opening his own gifts. Look at his cute Christmas jammies.
Here is the finished quiet book, well, a couple pages, I'll post more pictures later.
Stephen sporting his new hoodie....

This is the outside of the quiet book.

Our boys were so spoiled this year, Johnny got a tool workbench from Grandpa Graves, we didn't even know about it, it was a suprise for us too, he's so excited to play with it when we get it all set up. My dad got Johnny a toy airplane, which he thinks he needs to take everywhere now, haha. Natey got a cool baby toy and a Mickey Mouse ball. Mickey Mouse is his favorite show, he would watch it all day if we'd let him. We had a really fun Christmas and tons of fun hanging out with family. The boys and I got sick right after Christmas and are still trying to get better, that kind of made things hard for a few days. Since we've been home we've just hung out in Johnny's room with humidifiers going and eating lots of fruit.

Just a cute picture of Natey sleeping yesterday.

These pictures were at Grandma and Grandpa graves house a couple days before Christmas, someone stuck this hat on Natey and we couldn't stop taking pics.

Just a cute picture, he was playing with a stuffed Mickey Mouse.

Our Dancing Baby!

We discovered this morning that Natey can dance. Check it out!

Johnny's Birthday!

So I just realized that I forgot to post about Johnny's birthday and put pictures on. It was a fun/stressful day. I had a lot of last minute things to do that day, I forgot to get a couple of gifts, and I had to pick up pizza and cake and ice cream. We had a party for him that evening, some friends from our ward came and his uncle Andy and aunt Icky...aka Emily. Johnny loved all the attention, he walked around all day singing "Happy Dirthbay to me, Happy Dirthbay to me!" It was so cute. He also loved that his friend Emma from nursery came to his party, he had so much fun playing with her.

Here's a pic of Johnny's present stash.

The dirthbay boy! (We can't stop saying that since that's what Johnny calls it.)
He wanted an airplane cake, so this was me improvising, I just bought the airplanes and threw them on.

Grabbing candy after breaking the pinata.

He really wanted to just dive into the cake!

He tried to pick the balloons off the cake, I thought the airplanes would be his favorite part.

His first bite, he stuck his face in it like a dog, and went straight for a balloon!

Our friends Nate and Kim gave Johnny this awesome Tigger hoodie! He loves it.

Here he is showing everyone the cars that Emma got for him, they're bath toys, he plays with them every night!

Davie and I found this cute bowling set, it's soft so you don't have to hear the pins knocking down each time. I think I love it more than him, it's really fun.

Showing us his hot wheels car.

This is probably my favorite, we found a set of fake tools, but they look real. It has everything in it, he loves helping Daddy do projects with his tools now.

Seriously, look how cool these tools are! (Johnny blinked!)

Johnny sporting his hard hat and tool belt.

My dad got Johnny this baseball bat and t-ball stand, Johnny sleeps with the bat! That's how much he loves baseball.

Icky, hehe, got Johnny this baseball glove, isn't that so cute!

Johnny had a really fun birthday, he was so spoiled from family and friends that Davie and I decided to save a couple presents for Christmas. Thanks everyone for making his birthday so fun!

2...

My first baby is 2! Time goes by so fast. Pictures will be on here after his party tonight! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Johnny!

Little Bro...

Stephen is probably going to kill me for posting these, but they are fun. I found these pictures of him on facebook, his friends originally posted them. His hair is so long right now because he's in a play this month.

This is my favorite, he's looking all studly and you can see everything in his glasses. Haha.

I'm not quite sure what's going on in this picture, I would love to hear the story though Stephen...

It's hard to believe that Stephen is almost out of High School, he's my baby brother and now he's all grown up, and quite the ladies man. Last time we were home he was on the phone with two girls at once, two different phones....

Bath Time!

Natey used to hate baths, but lately he's warming up to them, he loves to snuggle in his towel right after, when I try to put the diaper on him he pulls the towel back on...

Halloween Everything....

This October has been so busy for us, we had Halloween stuff and church stuff constantly it seemed. Davie and I were called to be on the ward activities committee, which got us busy right away helping with the ward Halloween party. A couple weeks ago some of our friends had a big Halloween party at their house, so the kids got to dress up early. It was tons of fun, they had dinner, games, and cute grab bags for the kids. They went all out decorating their house for Halloween this year, their decorations were awesome! Here are a couple pics...

Our adorable little Mickey Mouse! His favorite character right now!

Look how cool! I totally want to make something like this next year, Johnny loved it.

This picture was taken before our ward Halloween party, we've been to several parties this month, Johnny asks each day if we're going to another party.
Check out the gloves! I had so much fun putting this costume together.

We even made Mickey Mouse shoes!

These pictures were taken before Trick-Or-Treating yesterday.

He even had a tail!

Our cute little Tiger! Thanks GG!

So, I know there are a lot of pics of the kids in their costumes, but they were so cute, I couldn't just pick one. Davie and I dressed up for the ward Halloween party but I forgot the camera. Davie was a hillbilly and I threw together a witch costume last minute, I'm not very creative.

We went to the Pumpkin Walk last week also, it was really fun seeing all the displays, and I wish I had some pictures, I wasn't thinking and didn't check the batteries in the camera before leaving, and of course, they were dead. We parked down the street and road the bus up this year, Johnny thought it was so fun on the bus. We had to hurry because of how cold it was though, Natey did not like it, he kept snuggling his face into my shoulder because it was so cold.

Last night we got an early start trick-or-treating so it wouldn't be too cold. Johnny was a little confused at first, but once he realized that people were giving him candy he was on a roll. He got so into it, he asked me this morning if he could go trick-or-treating again tonight! We had a lot of fun, but I m glad Halloween's over!